Gigabit optical network slated for Taiwan

Alcatel-Lucent and Taiwan's main fixed-line telecom provider will build a gigabit passive optical network by the third quarter of 2011 to merge high-speed Internet with other services.

Taiwan's Chunghwa Telecom will work with Alcatel-Lucent on the island's first network of its kind, the network builder said in a statement on Thursday.

The network will let Chunghwa Telecom offer "triple-play" services, the statement said. That term usually refers to television, high-speed Internet and a basic telephone service sent over one broadband connection. Passive optical networks also can ease bandwidth bottlenecks.

Chunghwa Telecom, which competes viciously with other local fixed-line providers, would use the network to improve service for homes and businesses on the island of about 23 million people.

The carrier declined to estimate a cost for the gigabit passive optical network or give technical details.

In 2004, Chunghwa Telecom signed a memorandum of understanding with Intel to develop multimedia applications and services for home users.

Alcatel-Lucent has also built gigabit passive optical network projects with Verizon, France Telecom and Hong Kong Broadband Network Ltd. It has helped install other telecommunications systems in Taiwan.

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